Need help - yoga dvd
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You might want to try Eoin Finn's Power Yoga for Happiness 1 and 2 which have premixes and full practices from about 30-80 minutes. He doesn't do inversions (he might do shoulderstand but that's about it) but does do some good arm balances. The title is true -- you feel very happy after doing these!
Here are the chapter details for PY4H2:
Chapter 1 - Shoulder openers, child's pose, cat/dog tilts, lat & chest stretch; chest stretch; downward dog
Chapter 2 - Sun Salutations A and B
Chapter 3 - Standing Flow 1 - forward folds 1 and 2, chair pose, chair pose flow (tough!), one leg head to knee, warrior 1 flow, warrior 2, side angle, crescent, triangle, half moon, revolved half moon, one leg forward fold, standing forward bend and chest stretch; revolved chair/side crow option
Chapter 4 - Standing Poses 2 - one leg downward dog with twist; sprinter's lunge, revolved prayer twist; one leg stretch; I.T. band love; 3 little pushups
Chapter 5 - Standing poses - inverted table, warrior 1, warrior 3, warrior 3 lunges, standing big toe front, standing big toe to side, standing big toe 3 with twist, one leg balance, vinyasa, repeat next side, tree; half lotus eagle
Chapter 6 - Core Work - 2 boat poses, gomukhasana arms, boat with twist, boat to submarine flow x 3 lift chest to feet, windshield wipers; supine twisting cross lateral
Chapter 7 - Hips and Twists - pigeon; half spinal twist; gomukhasana twist; gomukhasana with arms added
Chapter 8 - Seated forward bends - seated forward bend, butterfly, wide leg forward bends, revolved wide leg forward bends
Chapter 9 - Shoulder Extensions - table pose, one leg table pose, shoulder extensions, shoulderstand, supine twist
Chapter 10 - relaxation
Eoin does great hip openers; core work is short but good; also great balancing poses.
Marcy
Here are the chapter details for PY4H2:
Chapter 1 - Shoulder openers, child's pose, cat/dog tilts, lat & chest stretch; chest stretch; downward dog
Chapter 2 - Sun Salutations A and B
Chapter 3 - Standing Flow 1 - forward folds 1 and 2, chair pose, chair pose flow (tough!), one leg head to knee, warrior 1 flow, warrior 2, side angle, crescent, triangle, half moon, revolved half moon, one leg forward fold, standing forward bend and chest stretch; revolved chair/side crow option
Chapter 4 - Standing Poses 2 - one leg downward dog with twist; sprinter's lunge, revolved prayer twist; one leg stretch; I.T. band love; 3 little pushups
Chapter 5 - Standing poses - inverted table, warrior 1, warrior 3, warrior 3 lunges, standing big toe front, standing big toe to side, standing big toe 3 with twist, one leg balance, vinyasa, repeat next side, tree; half lotus eagle
Chapter 6 - Core Work - 2 boat poses, gomukhasana arms, boat with twist, boat to submarine flow x 3 lift chest to feet, windshield wipers; supine twisting cross lateral
Chapter 7 - Hips and Twists - pigeon; half spinal twist; gomukhasana twist; gomukhasana with arms added
Chapter 8 - Seated forward bends - seated forward bend, butterfly, wide leg forward bends, revolved wide leg forward bends
Chapter 9 - Shoulder Extensions - table pose, one leg table pose, shoulder extensions, shoulderstand, supine twist
Chapter 10 - relaxation
Eoin does great hip openers; core work is short but good; also great balancing poses.
Marcy
LaughingWater
Cathlete
I agree about Eoin's DVDs. You should look into Shiva Rea too.
Vee
Cathlete
My vote is for Yoga Shakti from Shiva Rea, but then I dont own Eoin Finn's dvds. You cannot go wrong with this DVD. Beautiful production and lots of material. Amazing yoga sequences including advanced poses with excellent instruction.
Other notables:
a. Spirit of Vinyasa Flow Yoga by Deb Dobbin
b. Maha Sadhana 2 (pranamaya production) with Dharma Mittra
c. Baron Baptiste's stuff - he has many advanced DVDs and I like the DVDs of his live classes. Quite athletic and strength oriented in his approach.
I have heard a lot of good stuff about Mark Blanchard for advanced yoga but I havent tried his stuff.
Other notables:
a. Spirit of Vinyasa Flow Yoga by Deb Dobbin
b. Maha Sadhana 2 (pranamaya production) with Dharma Mittra
c. Baron Baptiste's stuff - he has many advanced DVDs and I like the DVDs of his live classes. Quite athletic and strength oriented in his approach.
I have heard a lot of good stuff about Mark Blanchard for advanced yoga but I havent tried his stuff.
burritamcdoo
Active Member
Chiming in here...I recently discovered a free (yes, free!) podcast in the ITunes store called Elsie's Yoga Class - Live and Unplugged. There are about 80 downloads, all approximately 1 hour in length from her live classes. There is quite a variety, and I love that she radiates energy and positive motivation. As long as you are somewhat familiar with the names of yoga poses, you can close your eyes and pretend you are in the room with her. I highly recommend it. And what have you got to lose - it's free!
I also have to agree with Shiva - I like Fluid Power and Yoga Shakti. Both of these have matrixes so you can put together your own practice within your own time frame. Deb Dobbin's is also great. There are three practices on there - one beginner and two are intermediate to advanced. The beginner is 39 minutes and the other flows are 70 and 71 minutes. I have done all of them and they're really good. Has great hip openers and arm balances. Jennifer Lynn also has a great vinyasa flow practice. I think the whole thing is about 75 minutes but it's broken up into four quarters so you can pick which ones you want to do.
Marcy
Marcy
RapidBreath
Cathlete
LaughingWater
Cathlete
Other than trying them out through your library, Blockbuster online, or Netflix, Amazon will probably be your best source.
bostonwendy
Cathlete
like the previous poster mentioned, you could try these on netflix or from your local library before you purchase. i've done that a lot with yoga and fitness dvds. in fact, there are some i like but dont feel the need to purchase because i can always request them again! can save yourself some $$ and the hassle of returning in case you don't like them after all...